Iowahound
having dreams about rocks
Member since December 2004
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Post by Iowahound on Nov 5, 2005 21:39:10 GMT -5
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Sabre52
Cave Dweller 
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
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Post by Sabre52 on Nov 5, 2005 22:05:56 GMT -5
Howdy, I think if you'll go back to the heading page for this catagory and type Astro gallery into the search engine, you'll get a lot of info on this seller. I've only purchased from them a couple of times and was a bit disappointed in the quality of the merchandise fro the price and found the shipping costs pretty high....mel
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Iowahound
having dreams about rocks
Member since December 2004
Posts: 72
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Post by Iowahound on Nov 5, 2005 22:26:40 GMT -5
Thanks for the response!
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shyhobbit
starting to shine!
Member since October 2005
Posts: 38
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Post by shyhobbit on Nov 8, 2005 11:31:58 GMT -5
I've purchased from them as well and the quality was ok. I got the brown zebra (good), the green zebra (ok, nothing spectacular) and some crazy lace (ho hum).
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stefan
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Member since January 2005
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Post by stefan on Nov 8, 2005 13:10:46 GMT -5
Yea some times there stuff is good- sometimes it is questionable- just be careful
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Post by Bikerrandy on Nov 18, 2005 23:16:35 GMT -5
I ordered some obsidian and brown zebra agate from Astro Gallery, I was happy overall. The shipping was a couple of days longer than most but they were very nice and replied to every one of my emails. The rocks are very nice.
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James
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since October 2003
Posts: 876
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Post by James on Nov 19, 2005 16:44:55 GMT -5
Look back through this forum over the last couple of years of post. Astro has been a "popular" topic. Some of the threads might interest you.
Have you ever noticed that all the items he sells are "super rare" "long gone" "AAAAAAAA+++++++ grade" "never to be seen again!" "get it while it last" ect...?
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Post by sandsman1 on Nov 29, 2005 20:02:33 GMT -5
i had a real bad time with them they tried to jack up the shipping twice after the auction and then sent me shi--y rock and then the guy tried to make me look bad here on the forum when i told everyone what they had done to me so if i was you id be carefull cause if its there (time of the month) hahaha you could run into a big hassel
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stefan
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Member since January 2005
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Post by stefan on Dec 1, 2005 10:09:52 GMT -5
Yea sands I remeber that- He was the one who wanted to kick your arse- just be careful with that guy!
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Post by rockds on Dec 3, 2005 1:24:21 GMT -5
Thanks for all the info, almost put a bid in and in the back of my mind something said check RTH 1st - so glad I did.
robert
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Post by Bikerrandy on Dec 29, 2005 14:48:18 GMT -5
I've received four orders of rock from them so far, very happy with all four. I just ordered ten more pounds of the green zebra agate from them because I liked it so much. If this batch looks as good as the first, I'll probably end up with 3 or 4 more ten pound orders of that stuff!
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Post by Toad on Dec 29, 2005 21:43:57 GMT -5
Ordered from them once before and was happy. Tho' others are right and the shipping is pretty expensive. But they post it right up front, so if you don't like the shipping - don't bid. I'm using some of my Christmas money to buy several lots. Then I'll see how much they actually reduce the shipping.
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Sabre52
Cave Dweller
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 29, 2005 22:21:32 GMT -5
Toad: I just won a double set of auctions from them and they happily combined my orders. It reduced shipping costs by about $9.00 on twenty pounds. That was pretty nice. I think the main reason they have higher shipping is they use UPS instead of the PO flat rater because they ship so much and UPS picks up at their place of business...mel
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earthdog
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Don't eat yellow snow
Member since June 2006
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Post by earthdog on Dec 29, 2005 22:53:45 GMT -5
I have ordered from them 3 times, this last time was with that carnealian strawberry quarts, tree agate, and green fancy jasper. I called Mary the monday before X-mas and told her I needed it right away and she shipped it out that day with ups, I got it that thursday and with all 35lbs in one box, saved 23 dollars on the shipping cost. The blue quartz is comming from them and will be here tomorrow.
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Post by pinemountaintrader on Dec 30, 2005 14:46:38 GMT -5
OK Dog, where's the pics?
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Sabre52
Cave Dweller
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
Posts: 20,494
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 5, 2006 15:26:48 GMT -5
Got my last two auction wins yesterday. Material was very nice and I've bid on some more. Shipping was a bit slow probably because they use UPS and there were of course, the holidays. Overall, though, a very good experience...mel
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Post by Toad on Jan 10, 2006 21:31:01 GMT -5
Just received the 4 lots I bid on. Shipping was still expensive (about $1.24 a pound) but it was reduced 30% from shipping total of the individual auctions. Paid about $3.60 a pound including shipping for some really cool fantasy jasper, picasso jasper, orange aventurine, and sodalite. Cool stuff.
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